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Institutional and social innovation for sustainable urban development / edited by Harald A. Mieg and Klaus Topfer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
- Routledge studies in sustainable development ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable urban development.
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of global change and increasing demands for sustainable development.The book introduces core findings, new methods, and international experience related to sustainability innovations and the social transformation of cities, synthesizing insights from megacity research, sustainability science, an
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Social innovations for sustainability
- pt. 2. Urban transformations
- pt. 3. Urban transition management
- from an institutional perspective
- pt. 4. The (new) role of science.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-22559-5
- 0-203-09811-0
- 1-299-27906-6
- 1-136-22560-9
- 9780203098110
- OCLC:
- 830161256
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